Star Wars: The Clone Wars “The Landing at Point Rain”
Air Date: Wednesday, November 4 at 8:00 on Cartoon Network
Impossible odds. An impregnable fortress. A battle like nothing you’ve ever seen.

It’s the start of a four-part story arc when Anakin, Ahsoka and Ki-Adi-Mundi lead a landing party to destroy a droid factory that Poggle the Lesser has rebuilt on Geonosis, but things go terribly awry when Separatist gunners shoot down the Republic ships. Despite heavy losses, Anakin and Ki-Adi-Mundi must rendezvous in time to destroy the enemy factory before it can begin production.
Featuring far more intensity than has been …read more

Tonight’s episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars is a repeat, so it’s the perfect time to locate some of the winks and insider jokes that are hidden in the series.
Here’s a list to get you started. Or, you can watch the show then come back here to see how many you caught on your own.

— After Cad Bane escapes from the Resolute, Anakin angrily holds his arms behind his back and storms off. This is a foreshadow/echo of Darth Vader’s similar action at the end of The Empire Strikes Back after the Millennium Falcon escapes from his clutches.

Tasked by the Jedi Council to rekindle an old flame in order to solicit crucial – and dangerous – information from a suspected traitor, Senator Padmé Amidala finds herself torn between love and duty in “Senate Spy,” an all-new episode of STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS, airing at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT Friday, October 16 on Cartoon Network.

Against Anakin’s vehement wishes, Padmé is recruited to investigate a fellow Senator – and former love interest – suspected of conspiring with the nefarious Banking Clan. A conflict as divisive as the Clone Wars has a way of turning hearts and minds, and …read more

Here are a few scifi news bits and bytes
ABC has given a full season order to the new series FlashForward
Syfy gives birth to a new baby, Ghost Hunters Academy will premiere on November 11 with Ghost Hunters pros Steve Gonsalves and Dave Tango teaching trainees how to hunt.
Cartoon Network has launched the Star Wars: The Clone Wars Game Creator which allows you to play as a series character, select a vehicle and build your own part of the Clone Wars universe, which you can then share with others via CartoonNetwork.com.
FLASHFORWARD – ABC’s “FlashForward” stars Dominic Monaghan as Simon. (ABC/BOB D’AMICO)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars — Children of the Force
Air Date: October 9 on Cartoon Network
As STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS launched its second season, ruthless bounty hunter Cad Bane was wreaking his maliciously distinctive brand of destruction upon the heroes of the Republic – but he was merely a pawn in the greater game for galactic supremacy. In the thrilling conclusion to the events set in motion by Bane’s treachery, the ultimate architect of evil emerges to threaten the “Children of the Force.”

Star Wars: The Clone War is back with a whole new chapter in the ongoing saga. This time its the Rise of the Bounty Hunters.
Led by the brutally ruthless Cad Bane, bounty hunters and merciless mercenaries hijack the series’ spotlight in “Holocron Heist” and “Cargo of Doom,” the one-hour premiere of which airs tonight at 8:00 on Cartoon Network.
Here’s what the network has to say about the return of this popular animated series.

Introduced in the first season’s explosive finale, Bane returns for more mischief and mayhem – and he’s bringing his impressive arsenal to bear on the very heart …read more

Starsky & Hutch’s favorite snitch, Huggy Bear, makes his first appearance as a futuristic bounty hunter in Season Two of Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
Okay, so I’m kidding about the Huggy Bear part, but you have to admit, that’s one pimp bounty hunter! He’s really Cad Bane and he’s going to make some noise in the new season which beings on October 2 at 8:00:
Here’s what Cartoon Network has to say about it:

Are you a Star Wars fan who can’t make it to the San Diego Comic-Con? Then make plans to spend Saturday, July 25 in front of your TV as G4TV unveils their Star Wars Spectacular! Not only will they be doing their usual three hours of live coverage from the convention floor but they’ll be doing something that’s never been done before.
G4 will be airing an exclusive broadcast of the Lucasfilm panel. In addition, Attack of the Show hosts Kevin Pereira and Olivia Munn will join Lucasfilm’s Steve Sansweet for an insider look at the Star Wars universe, with never-before-seen …read more

Here in California we go all out for the celebration of Cinco de Mayo. For me, Cinco de Mayo means mariachi bands, cold margaritas, and Star Wars in Spanish. So I’m saying thank you, boy, to Lucas Film and Cartoon Network for making my holiday complete.
Starting on May 1, you can watch Star Wars: The Clone Wars in Spanish over at StarWars.com. This marks the first time these shows will be broadcast in a foreign language online and we say, hooray and ole!

Reruns of your favorite show aren’t all that fun and exciting, right? Well, Cartoon Network is out to change that. They found a way to turn Star Wars: The Clone Wars reruns into a fresh, new series. It’s called Clone Wars: Decoded and it’s Pop-Up Video LucasFilm style.
Starting on May 1, Cartoon Network will air what they’re calling “enhanced” episodes of Clone Wars. What it is is a text box overlay that will give you a running commentary of trivia, behind the scenes notes and production facts as you watch the episode. Every episode of the show’s first season has …read more